(a) Until the State Board of Education designates that
a test is released, any test developed, adopted, or provided by the State Board
of Education, as provided in this Article, is not a public record within the meaning
of G.S. 132-1. The State Board of Education may develop rules to allow
inspection of a test prior to release, but shall require that individuals
inspecting the test meet the same standards for confidentiality required for
employees of local boards of education in test administration. As used in this
section, the term "test" includes both the test and related test
materials.

(b) Any written material containing the identifiable
scores of individual students on any test taken pursuant to the provisions of
this Article is not a public record within the meaning of G.S. 132-1 and shall
not be made public by any person, except as permitted under the provisions of
the Family Educational and Privacy Rights Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. 1232g. (1977, c. 522, s. 7; c. 541, s. 8; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1985
(Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1014, s. 74(a); 2014-115, s. 49.2.)